Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with gemcitabine plus cisplatin followed by radical liver resection versus immediate radical liver resection alone with or without adjuvant chemotherapy in incidentally detected gallbladder carcinoma after simple cholecystectomy or in front of radical resection of BTC (ICC/ECC)
The aim of the study is to investigate whether induction chemotherapy followed by radical re-resection (and - if possible - postoperative chemotherapy) in incidental gallbladder carcinoma (IGBC) or in front radical resection in biliary tract cancer (BTC) (intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC)/ extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ECC)) prolongs overall survival without impaired quality of life compared to immediate radical surgery alone with or without adjuvant chemotherapy (investigator's choice) in patients with IGBC, or BTC (ICC/ECC). One of the most important secondary objectives is to raise awareness for the necessity of a radical second surgery as well as to improve the adherence to the treatment guidelines in IGBC. Further secondary objectives are safety and tolerability of the treatment as well as quality of life.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
68
Gemcitabine (1000 mg/m2) in 250-500 ml 0.9% saline every three weeks on days 1 and 8 intravenously
Cisplatin (25 mg/m2) every three weeks on days 1 and 8 intravenously, in 1000 ml 0.9% saline with KCl 20 mmol and MgSO4 8 mmol during the one hour cisplatin infusion followed by 500 ml 0.9% saline over 30 minutes prior to gemcitabine; with adequate pre- and posthydration
Oncologically radical margin-free (R0) resection
Can be selected by Investigator's Choice
Krankenhaus Nordwest gGmbH
Frankfurt, Germany
Primary efficacy endpoint is overall survival (OS)
Time frame: up to 6 years follow-up
Quality of life (EORTC QLQ-C30)
"European Organisation for the Research and Treatment of Cancer" Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30. The EORTC QLQ-C30 is a questionnaire developed to assess the quality of life of cancer patients. The QLQ-C30 is composed of both multi-item scales and single-item measures. These include five functional scales, three symptom scales, a global health status / QoL scale, and six single items. Each of the multi-item scales includes a different set of items - no item occurs in more than one scale. All of the scales and single-item measures range in score from 0 to 100. A high scale score represents a higher response level. Thus a high score for a functional scale represents a high / healthy level of functioning, a high score for the global health status / QoL represents a high QoL, but a high score for a symptom scale / item represents a high level of symptomatology / problems.
Time frame: every 3 weeks until EOT andt then every 3 months up to 6 years of follow-up
PFS (Progression free surviva) rates at 3 and 5 years
Time frame: at 3 and 5 years after randomization
OS (overall survival) rates at 3 and 5 years
Time frame: at 3 and 5 years after randomization
Progression free survival (PFS)
Time frame: up to 6 years after randomization
R0- resection rate
Time frame: 2 weeks after surgery (Arm A: 14 weeks after randomization; Arm B: 2 weeks after randomization)
Toxicity, graded using CTC adverse events criteria version CTCAE V 5.0
Time frame: up to 6 years after randomization
Number of patients with any serious perioperative morbidity or mortality
Time frame: up to 30 and 90 days after surgery
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